Repeat offenders warned

If riders are caught a second time with the offending bars, another defect notice could be issued with penalties up to about $250 depending on which state you are in.

You could also cop an infringement notice for riding or parking a defective vehicle on a road which is an extra $250-odd.

If the rider is a multiple repeat offender, a police officer may decide to have the matter heard in court rather than issue an infringement notice.

This decision is not limited to a repeat offence within a 12-month period.

If found guilty, the court will decide the penalty amount up to the regulated maximum penalty for not complying with the vehicle standards which is about 20 penalty units. That could mean a fine of up to $2532, not including court costs!

Queensland can be even tougher with its “anti-hooning laws” under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000.

They allow police to impound, immobilise and confiscate a vehicle being driven when a hooning offence is committed.

The anti-hooning laws apply:

· If the defect notice requires the vehicle to be re-inspected by an police officer or a transport inspector to clear the defect notice;

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IMHO all these “laws and regs” are part of the plan. The Vision Zero plan to remove motorcycles from the road. If you get harassed enough you will start driving your car, thus helping them achieve their goal.

As AU is a more “progressive” “European” nation it seems to be taking place a quicker pace. Hope I am wrong.

I’m afraid I’m with Graeme here. While I would normally be anti-nanny state, if you draw attention to yourself by deliberately ignoring the prevailing regulations in such an obvious way, you can hardly claim harassment when you are eventually caught…

“He was fined for high bars and threatened with fines for his Vance & Hines exhaust being too loud, his mirrors being too small and a non-compliant helmet.”. Seriously? This bloke thinks he’s being harassed? Loud exhaust, tiny mirrors and illegal helmet; they should have impounded the bike and made him get a taxi home.

Not at all. The point I was making is that the bloke was contravening four road rules, but considers the attention he has drawn to himself as harassment. If he thinks it’s alright to flout the rules of the road, then he should be prepared to wear the consequences. It doesn’t in the least amount to harassment; that’s just a ridiculous claim.

Rules implemented by a narcissistic government, instructing the police, whom mend to serve the people, not the government, to raise as much revenue as possible to sponsor a completely bankrupt government.
Time for the people, not the majority braindead zombie voters, to take back the government!